Highly exploitable, CVE-2025-68320 poses a critical security risk that could lead to severe breaches.
Status: Deferred
Last updated: 🕕 30 Jul 2026, 06:24 UTC
Originally published on: 🕓 16 Dec 2025, 16:16 UTC
Time between publication and last update: 225 days
CVSS Release: version 3
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Secondary
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVE-2025-68320: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: lan966x: Fix sleeping in atomic context The following warning was seen when we try to connect using ssh to the device. BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context at kernel/locking/mutex.c:575 in_atomic(): 1, irqs_disabled(): 0, non_block: 0, pid: 104, name: dropbear preempt_count: 1, expected: 0 INFO: lockdep is turned off. CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 104 Comm: dropbear Tainted: G W 6.18.0-rc2-00399-g6f1ab1b109b9-dirty #530 NONE Tainted: [W]=WARN Hardware name: Generic DT based system Call trace: unwind_backtrace from show_stack+0x10/0x14 show_stack from dump_stack_lvl+0x7c/0xac dump_stack_lvl from __might_resched+0x16c/0x2b0 __might_resched from __mutex_lock+0x64/0xd34 __mutex_lock from mutex_lock_nested+0x1c/0x24 mutex_lock_nested from lan966x_stats_get+0x5c/0x558 lan966x_stats_get from dev_get_stats+0x40/0x43c dev_get_stats from dev_seq_printf_stats+0x3c/0x184 dev_seq_printf_stats from dev_seq_show+0x10/0x30 dev_seq_show from seq_read_iter+0x350/0x4ec seq_read_iter from seq_read+0xfc/0x194 seq_read from proc_reg_read+0xac/0x100 proc_reg_read from vfs_read+0xb0/0x2b0 vfs_read from ksys_read+0x6c/0xec ksys_read from ret_fast_syscall+0x0/0x1c Exception stack(0xf0b11fa8 to 0xf0b11ff0) 1fa0: 00000001 00001000 00000008 be9048d8 00001000 00000001 1fc0: 00000001 00001000 00000008 00000003 be905920 0000001e 00000000 00000001 1fe0: 0005404c be9048c0 00018684 b6ec2cd8 It seems that we are using a mutex in a atomic context which is wrong. Change the mutex with a spinlock.
The exploitability of CVE-2025-68320 depends on two key factors: attack complexity (the level of effort required to execute an exploit) and privileges required (the access level an attacker needs).
With low attack complexity and no required privileges, CVE-2025-68320 is an easy target for cybercriminals. Organizations should prioritize immediate mitigation measures to prevent unauthorized access and data breaches.
A lower complexity and fewer privilege requirements make exploitation easier. Security teams should evaluate these aspects to determine the urgency of mitigation strategies, such as patch management and access control policies.
Attack Complexity (AC) measures the difficulty in executing an exploit. A high AC means that specific conditions must be met, making an attack more challenging, while a low AC means the vulnerability can be exploited with minimal effort.
Privileges Required (PR) determine the level of system access necessary for an attack. Vulnerabilities requiring no privileges are more accessible to attackers, whereas high privilege requirements limit exploitation to authorized users with elevated access.
Above is the CVSS Sub-score Breakdown for CVE-2025-68320, illustrating how Base, Impact, and Exploitability factors combine to form the overall severity rating. A higher sub-score typically indicates a more severe or easier-to-exploit vulnerability.
Below is the Impact Analysis for CVE-2025-68320, showing how Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability might be affected if the vulnerability is exploited. Higher values usually signal greater potential damage.
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